Homegrown Terror Prevention Act

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There are more terrorists living among us than you realized possible and they are not all foreigners -- many of these individuals planning to harm our way of life are citizens that look no different than you or I! Fear not, Congress is ahead of the game and is taking every step possible to protect you, your family, and America.

The act deals with the issue through the creation of a congressional commission that will be empowered to hold hearings, conduct investigations, and designate various groups as "homegrown terrorists." ... Unlike inquiries in the past where the activity was carried out collectively, the act establishing the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Commission will empower all the members on the commission to arrange hearings, obtain testimony, and even to administer oaths to witnesses, meaning that multiple hearings could be running simultaneously in various parts of the country.

Wow, that doesn't sound familiar at all.

As should be clear from the vagueness of the definitions, the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act could easily be abused to define any group that is pressuring the political system as "terrorist," ranging from polygamists, to second amendment rights supporters, anti-abortion protesters, anti-tax agitators, immigration activists, and peace demonstrators.

Why does this ugly, damaging fear keep resurfacing like this?

The full text of S.1959